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Mexican, African and Philippine Mahogany and other hardwoods from Tropical America and the Philippine lslands.

mil.t AND KttNS l4O5 Woter St. Long Beoch 2 r-B 6-9235

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Specialists in Custom Miilin7 and Kiln Drying

CUSTOM MITUNG

Rescrwing, ripping, surfccing crnd trimming crt our re-monufqcturing plcnt of Long Beqch, Cclif.

Kiin Drying

Our kilns ond operotors cne certilied by Government for drying qircroft lumber. We qlso do other commerciol drying.

MAIN OFFICE

621 S. Spring Street, log Angeles l4-TRinity 95Sl

DRY KILN

136l Mirosot St. Los Angeles 23 ANgefus 2-1945

WE CAN DREAM. CAN'T WE?

Our fovorite dreqm ir thot, on demond, we cqn deliver to our cuatomer3 oll the ptywood rhey need--ond eoch morning we owoke lo the reollry of empty 3tock piler ond limired qucntitiet of wclnut, ook cnd mohogony poneb being olloccted to our unlimited number of frien&.

Whol we hqve now ir ovoiloble to deqters, but some doy otl our custonert will shore in lhe reolizqtion of our drecm.

"Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?"

(Washington's farewell address.)

Spite of all that has been said about "One World," I still like the philosophy of that giant of vesterday, as contrasted with the contrary opinions of the pygmies of this era'

Looks like the new song "Be Kind to, Communism," words and music by Henry Agard Wallace and Senator Claude Pepper, will never make the Hit Parade. Good folks don't seem to like either the words or the tune.

That same George Washington in that same farewell address, said this: "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness."

Neither religion nor morality exist where Communism rules. You dont have to go abroad to prove that. William

Z. Foster is the outstanding American Cornmunist' When he testified under oath before a Congressional committee, he said: "Our Party considers religion to be the opiate of the people, and we carry on propaganda for the liquidation of these prejudices among the workers."

The chairman of the committee asked him: "Can members of the Communist Pary be married in the church and maintain religious belief?" Foster replied: "My opinion is that a member of the Soviet Union who would be married in the church wouldn't be of any value to the Communist Party." And, regarding loyalty to the American Flag, Foster testified: "The workers of this cou,ntry and of every country have only one flag and* that's the Red flag."

In San Francisco recently, J. Edgar Floover, of the FBI' told the American Legion convention that "Communists are bent on shackling America if they can," and he proceeded to launch one of the most forceful condemnations and denunciations of the present Communist effort in this country he has ever been known to speak. Subversive elements, he said, have penetrated into labor unions riding over rank and file, have reached into our colleges, ourt schools, our newspapers' and our magazines, the screen' our fraternal orders, and even our churches, in their insidious drive to upset Americanism. Hoover is one man who knows what he is talking about on this subject' His organization is keeping its watchful eye on the Commies, thank the Lord.

Hollywood is especiallly filled with fat cats who spread and spout Communism. You, Mr. Movie Fan, have no idea how often you sit through a moving picture with no thought of the fact that some of the reddest Reds in the nation have their names boldly printed on that screen' either as producers, directors, writers, or actors' The strange thing about the Hollywood band of Commies is that for the most part they are people in the very high income brackets. A Russian refugee in Hollywood who left his home to escape Communism, makes the very interesting comment that these Hollywood Reds usually wait until they have incomes of five thousand a month or more before they begin spitting Communism and saying "Comrade"'

It IS difficult to understand. Some of the outstanding subversives in the Hollywood film colony' men drawing huge incomes, are the type who should be pushing banana carts or working in fish markets, if their employment was only equal to their mental capacities. Just why men of ,*.ll -ittds and small souls who would do well to pull down twenty bucks a week should become subversives as soon as they get into the high income brackets, is a puzzle indeed. But the fact remains, nevertheless'

That's as plain and provable as two and two make four' There is no room in this country for people who would destroy our form of Government or our American way of life. There is only room here for honorable Americans who love their country next to their God, and who are ready to shed their blood to protect both' They come with false labels in most cases, but the snarl of the subversive hyena may be heard through the sheep's clothing' Let us keep this country clean, and American, and God-loving, and send all others to wherever their hates and their isms may make them feel at home'* * *

Let's go back for a few moments to a debate that took place in New York City in 1886. A famous philosopher and historian had spoken of his philosophical beliefs, and then Chauncey Depew, a business man, followed him' Depew said, in part: "I am a practical business man' overwhelrned with the cares of business. It is exceedingly difficult for me to get on the plane of philosophical thought' I am a practical man. I believe in the Old Testament and the New Testament. It was the atheism of France that (Continued on Page 10)

(Continued from Page 8) taught license for liberty and led to the French Revolution.Where are those old philosophers and philosophies now? They are dead, while Christianity survives. The school of atheism led to despair.

"They tell us that there is no more Creator, only a cosmic dust. Who made the dust? There is only protoplasm, indeed. Who made the protoplasm? They tell us of evolu,tion from monkey to man; but all the scientists have never found the missing link. The simple gospel of the Son of a Carpenter, preached by twelve fishermen, has survived the centuries and outlives all other philosophies. There is no liberty that lasts in this world, and there is no government which has liberty in it which lasts, that does not recognize theBible."

Now let's drop the subject of our American subversives, and talk about something far more pleasant-ADvERTISING. George Washington Hill died recently. He was President of the American Tobacco Company, and probably the most famous advocate of advertising in history. He started work at the age of twenty for five bucks a week, and worked up to where he was getting four hundred thousand dollars annually. He did it by advertising. That was another'of those miracles that "couldn't happen now." Flowever, it did then.

And the man who has succeeded him in that tremendous business ofEce as President and manager of American Tobacco Company is another Horatio Alger success hero' He came to this country from Italy at the age of five. In 1905 he was a barber in New York City. He says he charged fifteen cents for a shave and twenty for a haircut, and got along fine. He quit the barbering business to go out selling tobacco for the American Tobacco Company' Now he is its President. His name is Vincent Rigio. Pretty hard to beat those sort of success stories.

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When you say a man is the greatest advertiser in history, you must take into consideration Wm. Wrigley. In most business success stories there is generally room fo: a difference of opinion as to rvhat caused it. But with VJrr' Wrigley, there was none. Advertising and only advertising did the job. You see, when he started advertising his gum at first-HE HAD NO GUM. All he had was a name' and a wrapper, and some swell ads. When the ads brought orders for gum he bought the gum from already established gurn makers who were short of orders. They did not advertise' t< 16 i<

Wrigley, you see, sold gum and then bought it' He reversed the regular procedure. He spent a million dollars advertising Wrigley's gum before he ever made a stick of gum. Then he spent multiplied millions additional keeping his five cent article before the public. He said he did not know whether advertising was an art' a science, or a business; all he l<new was that when he advertised, he sold gum, and when he quit advertising he quit. selling gum. -imple, wasn't it? He made multiplied milli6ns in profits, and taught the whole world to chew gum.

The other day Secretary of Agriculture Anderson addressed the American Forestry Association meeting in Washington, D. C., and he just hauled off and recommend': ed Government control of all American forests, regardless of ownership. Concerning which the editor of the Chicago Tribune delightfully commented: "The suggestion is a splendid one, provided this nation wishes before long to be without forests and without lumber. Mr. Anderson's proposal will appeal only to those naive souls who fancy that the best way to solve any economic problem is to give the bureaucrats a chance to go to work on it. How this kind of thing works out in practice CAN BE LEARNED BY VISITING A BUTCHER SHOP. Mr. Anderson's success in maintaining a supply of meat is hardly a recommendation for extending his powers to other matters about which he knows even less, if that is possible."

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Them's harsh words. What hurts is they're true. That the Government will ruin anything of a business character it touches, seems to need no argument or proof in these times. And even though our Government were capable of handling the forestry situation in such fashion as to guarantee a permanent and satisfactory supply of forest products-a thing few practical men would ever believe-think what we would lose at the same time. We would lose the right of forest ownership in our American way of life. If i'hc Government is to decide all matters concerning the raising and cutting of timber, then what possible difference can it make who owns the timber, and who cuts it? Ownership under such restrictions, ceases to be ownership, and becomes confiscation. As one forester in attendance at the meeting remarked, this was the first time "they have evei come right out in meeting and told us how the hogs intend to eat the cabbage." **{<

And in closing, let's mention "wolves." Not the kind that run the forests primeval, but the kind that are alleged to give the "wolf whistle" on our street corners, and at the female of the species. What a cinch lawsuit the wolves have right now against American slang users. The newest, latest. most mouthed and mumbled term you hear on screen and radio, read in newspapers and magazines, is "wolf." It is used to describe a predatory male human; predatory in the sexual sense. It has become common u,sage. The fellow whose business is "picking them up," is a "wolf"' Which is about as close as we poor humans ever come to getting anything straight. For in real life the wolf is one of the most moral of all things that live in the animal kingdom. Wolves mate in the spring by joint consent. Their partnership is permanent. They have and need no divorce courts. They do no "stepping out." They are devoted and loyal to one another. Taken all in all the wolf is the direct opposite in moral character of the so-called human "wolf." We got this foolish term from the eatertainment worldradio, screen, stage. TheY would !

Al Cudlipp says that .n: terrific housing shortage of today is not entirely genuine. Much of it is mental inflation. Tens of thousands of people are demanding ten rooms and a bath who used to be satisfied with two rooms and a path.

Distributing Yard Association Meets

The National Wholesale Lumber Distributing yarcl As_ sociation held its annual meeting at the Congress Hotel; Chicago, I11., on October 2. The meeting was well attended and there were representatives from all sections of the country, inciuding a sizable group from the pacific Coast.

J. Jackson Kidd, Jr., Kidd & Buckingham, Baltimore, Md., was elected president for the coming year. Other of_ ficers elected were: Virgil Leech, General Hardwood Co., Detroit, Mich., secretary-trbasurer; Frank I. Connolly, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angles, Calif., first vice president, and Thomas W. Fry, Fry-Fulton Lumber Co., St. Louis, Mo., second vice president.

Four new directors were named to the board: D. C. Mac_ Lea, Baltimore, Md.; George Bateman, philadelphia, pa. ; Harry D. Gaines, St. Louis, Mo., and Alva Sconce. Omaha. Neb.

Malcolm MacDonald, OPA administrator of Regulation 467, addressed the group, and there was a report from Larry Clark, secretary of the Industry Advisory Committee.

Ncmed Generql Mcncger

Ray H. Benson, formerly head of the Building Material Price Division and lumber price specialist with the OpA at the Los Angeles district office, has been appointed general manager of the A. K. Wilson Lumber Co. at Compton. Prior to going with the OpA, he was with the Ou,ens_ Irarks Lumber Co. at Los Angeles for fifteen years.